Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29805, Daniel Foster, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Foster, Daniel
S 29805
CONTENTS

4945 Massachusetts
Daniel Foster
of Newburyport in the State of Massachusetts who was a Dr & Sgt in the company commanded by Captain Lutram of the regiment commanded by Colonel Wade in the Massachusetts line for 18 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of — 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Jan y 1833 and sent to William Weart Esq r Newburyport Mass
Arrears to 14th of Sep r 1832 $120 Penzant. allowance ending 4 th March 1833 40
$160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1833 }
Recorded by Book ②
Daniel Boyd Vol. 2 Page 57
Clerk

1833 Grey Emil & Co.
Recd Aug. 29. 1833. see A. P.

Daniel Hoston
14048.

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832
State of Massachusetts: County of Essex.
On this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Solomon Strong, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record.
I Daniel Foster, a resident of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy years and upwards, being first duly sworn, according to Law, do hereby make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He first enlisted at Ipswich in the year 1778, in the company commanded by Captain Lutram, Massachusetts regiment, Colonel Nathaniel Wade, and served therein at Rhode Island as a corporal six months, and was then discharged at same place.
Also in the year 1779 enlisted at Ipswich in the said Captain Lutram company, and served at Rhode Island as a sergeant a further term of six months, and was then discharged at the same place.
Also in the year 1800, enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Bates, in the regiment under Colonel Farnell, the Division under the Marquis De La Fayette, and served therein at Weymouth a further term of six months. That he had regular discharge, and also held a warrant of appointment as sergeant, but all his papers having been destroyed by the great fire in Newburyport in 1811, he is unable now to produce them: at the close of the last campaign, in which he was in the said service, he was ordered out with a party of men to cut wood and timber, but is not able now to say how long he was in that service.
That he was born in Ipswich in the year 1762 has a record of his birth recorded at Ipswich when he undoubtedly enlisted - did not serve as a volunteer - Resides in Newburyport aforesaid and has resided there for more than twenty past fourteen to which he resided in Newburyport refers to Rev. Dr. Moses, John D. Lillie - and Charles Fitcomb Esq. who are of knowledge of his character for veracity, and their belief of his revolutionary services - had no other discharge in any law.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the enemy of any State.
That upon the passing of the Act of Congress of the 10th March 1818 he made application for its benefit and accompanied his application with evidence of his said services, certified by the Honorable Daniel Appleton White Judge of Probate for said County, but the same were returned to him by reason of his not having served on the Continental Establishment - That he has again made application for the benefit of the said last mentioned Act of June 7th 1832, and his evidence being now before the Department of State requires a compliance with the regulations of that department, as herein stated.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
before S. Strong H.C.B.P.

We James Morse D.D. a Clergyman, residing in Newburyport aforesaid, and William Wentworth Ely, a Magistrate residing in Newburyport aforesaid, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Foster Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration: that we believe him to be seventy years of age and upwards, that he is respected, and beloved, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution: and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed before
James Morse W Wentworth
And the said Court hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. — And the Court further certifies that Reverend James Morse D.D. who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Newburyport aforesaid and that the said William Wentworth Ely who has also signed the same is a Magistrate residing at said Newburyport and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Prince Junr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record for said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Foster for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this nineteenth day of September, A.D. 1832.
John Prince Junr Clerk

Additional Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June A D 1832 - made in supposition and explanation of a former declaration before Honorable Daniel A White Judge of the Court of Probate for the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 25th 1832. and a further declaration before the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, September term 1832.
I Daniel Foster of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth aforesaid, on oath do declare, That I served in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution, as follows - I first enlisted as a private soldier, in the year 1778 in the company commanded by Captain Putnam, Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel Wade, in which I served six months - I served in capacity of a private in said company, one part of said term, and before my term of service expired I served for some time as corporal, but cannot say for what length of time, having no record to assist my memory. - Afterwards I enlisted in said Putnam's company in the year 1779. and was appointed Sergeant, and served as such a further term of six months - Afterwards I enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Bates - the Regiment under Colonel Sackett, the Division under the command of Marquis De la Fayette - and served a further term of six months. In this last mentioned service I served also as Sergeant - I had written discharges, and had also warrant as Sergeant, but both were destroyed with my papers in a great fire at said Newburyport in the year 1811. and I have no means within my power of producing further evidence, than what has been presented, in my former declaration, respecting said Warrants.
Newburyport Decr 28th 1832.
Daniel Foster
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport December 28th 1832. Then personally came Daniel Foster Esq. above named who is personally well known to me, and made oath, in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed in my presence.
W. W. C. Clerk of the Court

Danice Foster Massachusetts
1. In what position was he engaged? 2. How long in pos. 3. State his services as connected with the firm connected. 4. What was the amount of his salary? 5. Why did he leave the firm? 14048
1. In what position was he engaged? 2. How long in pos. 3. State his services as connected with the firm connected. 4. What was the amount of his salary? 5. Why did he leave the firm?
Part 100 - June 1888 in the name of

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Foster  Co of Essex  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? 70  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Mass Regiments In 1778. volunteered 6 Private Cap Putnam Col Wade   1779 " 6 Sergeant "   1780 " 6 Cap Bates Col Samson  
 In what battles was he engaged? None  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hpswich Mass  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
He was an applicant under the act of 1818 - and also under this act previous to the present and said his other papers will be found in the Department.
George Sayer Examining Clerk.

December 10, 1937
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Daniel Foster, S. 29305 BA-J/MCS
Mary K. Foster 2523 S. 61st Street W. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldier, Daniel Foster, who was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1762, and died in Newburyport on August 29, 1833.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 29805, based upon the military service of Daniel Foster.
He was born in 1762 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Ipswich, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts troops as follows: in 1778, served six months as private and corporal in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company in Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment; in 1779, served six months as sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company; in 1780, served six months as sergeant in Captain Bates' company in Colonel de Gimat's regiment. He was then ordered out with a party of men to cut timber but no details of this service were given.
Daniel Foster was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, where he had lived for more than twenty years and previous to that time he had lived in Ipswich and Rowley.
There are no data relative to the family of Daniel Foster.
He died August 29, 1833.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
W.S.
April 9, 1927
Mrs. E. C. Richardson 1139 Keyes Ave. Schenectady, N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension, S. 29805, it appears that DANIEL FOSTER was born in 1762 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of said place he enlisted in 1778 and served six months as a private and corporal in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's Company in Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in 1779 and served six months as sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's Massachusetts Company.
He enlisted in 1780 and served six months as a sergeant in Captain Bates' Company in Colonel de Gimat's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier from Ipswich, Massachusetts, by the name of Daniel Foster that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
Died Aug. 29, 1933
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
January 21, 1925
Miss Bessie T. Conkwright c/o The Lexington Leader Lexington, Ky.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29805, it appears that Daniel Foster was born in 1762 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of said place he enlisted in 1778 and served six months as private and Corporal in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in 1779 and served six months as Sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's Massachusetts Company.
He enlisted in 1780 and served six months as Sergeant in Captain Bates' Company, Colonel de Gimat's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
There is no data on file relative to his family.

If you desire the history of any other Daniel Foster please furnish the approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and first name of widow, and another search of the records will be made in your behalf.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

2523 S 61st St. W. Philadelphia Pa. November 29, 1937.
A D Hiller Executive Asst. to the Administrator; Veterans Administration Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of November 15, replying to one from me requesting information on Daniel Foster has been received and am adding the additional data you wished in order to give me the desired information.
See file Daniel Foster was born in Ipswich, Mass. on March 12, 1762. died in Newburyport August 29, 1833. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Ipswich, Mass. that is during the Revolutionary War. He was living in Ipswich Mass. after his term of service.-- Regarding to the 1812 enlistment-- at the time he requested an appointment from the VicePresident and others wrote letters petitioning his appointment, he was living in Newburyport, Mass.-- His two sons, Solomon and Daniel enlisted from Newburyport, Mass.-- but I have not any actual record that the father served any time in the War of 1812.- He was 50 years of age at this time,-- according to records published by Mass. for the services in 1812--there was a Daniel Foster serving at Salem, Mass- in the Quartermaster Sergeant's dept.-- At the end of the Rev. War he was a sergeant.- I do not know if these are the one and same Daniel Foster I am interested in. When he died- he was the officer of the Newburyport Port. He had been receiving a pension just three or four months before his death. What I wanted to know, from what service did he receive this, the Rev. War or War of 1812, and any other data.
Thank you very much for the data concerning Christian Shoemaker-I had records showing service in the Rev. War for Christian Shoemaker, Sr- and also for Christian Shoemaker- Jr in the War of 1812-- It was not necessary for the Shoemaker Sr to obtain a pension for his services. The pension claim completes the data I wanted on Christian Shoemaker Jr. Thank you.
Cur. 9.7. 1445-4 I hope the above information will assist you in tracing the data I wanted concerning Daniel Foster, Sr.
Very truly yours,
Mary K. Foster
MKF.F

ESTABLISHED MAY 1, 1888
THE LEXINGTON LEADER
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
H. GIOVANNOLI, EDITOR AND MANAGER
December 11, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Kindly let me know what the records of your office show about the residence, service, wife and children of Daniel Foster, born 1762, died, 1833, and believed to have been on the pension roll as from Essex county, Massachusetts. If any other Daniel Foster appears on the rolls for Revolutionary service I shall be grateful for information about him also.
Respectfully,
(Miss) Bessie Taul Conkwright.

Ex. an Dtr Record
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., FEB 10, 1927
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit and return to this Bureau.
No. of claim _____
Name of soldier Daniel Foster
P. O. address of claimant 1139 Keyes Ave. Schenectady, N.Y.
Company _____
Regiment _____
State where enlisted Mass.
Date of enlistment _____
Date of discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Probably in his father's, Capt. Thomas Foster's Co. Ipswich, Mass. Also was a soldier
Return attached letter with reply. in Lafayette's picked battalion
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Rec
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs;
Will you kindly send me dates and service of Daniel Foster of Ipswich Mass., Records show him as being in Lafayette's picked battalion. Will you let me have the dates.
Thank you in advance for your service.
I remain,
Most sincerely,
(Mrs E.C.) Frances F. Richardson 1139 Keyes Avenue, Schenectady, New York.
only one Ipswich Mass RETURN THIS LETTER

29805 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29805
Daniel Foster
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 131
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 Jan. 21 Husb & Miss Bessie T. Conkwright m. & d.
1927 Apr 9, list to Mrs E. C. Richardson m. & d.
1937 Dec. 10, list to Mary K. Foster m. & d.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Foster which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Daniel Foster
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Sergeant 12 March
Private 6 th do
Hon. Lewis Cass
Wm West Eye
Newburyport
Secretary of War
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Washington
RECEIVED

Admiral Foster
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Sergeant 12th Mass Private
6 th do
Hon. Lewis Cass.
Mr. Mount Eagle
Secretary of War.
Newburyport
Mass
Washington
FREE

To / Hon Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War
Washington

Newburyport December 31 1832
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War. Sir
Will you permit me again to forward you the application of Daniel Foster Esq. for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th June, with his additional explanation. This applicant has made a declaration before a Court of Record, in September last, which was forwarded by Mail to your Department. I have added my Certificate of the credibility of Spiller the witness, when I had since deceased this evidence was obtained on his first application in 1810 - and it was not then known that such certificate was required.
I have the honour to be
very respectfully
Wm. Worth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex, ss. Probate office, December 28, A.D. 1832.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that William Woart esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the oath of Daniel Foster to his declaration hereto annexed, is a justice of the peace for said county of Essex; and that the signature of his name to said certificate is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and the seal of the court of probate for said county the day and year above written.
Nath. Lord Jr.

July 21 1882
N o 1180
Contin Office
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To Honorable Lewis Baker.
Secretary of War. Washington

July 21 1832 No 1180
Continued Office
To Honorable Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War. Washington

To the Honorable Lewis Cass, Secretary of War.
Daniel Foster of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, humbly asks leave respectfully to
Represent
That he served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution, at different enlistments. Eighteen months in the year 1778. 1779 & 1780 as Sergeant. That soon after the passing of the act of Congress of the 18th of March, A.D. 1818, he made application for the benefits of said Act and having produced, before the Honorable Daniel A. White, the evidence of said Service, which he then verily believed and considered to be an Continental Establishment, within the meaning of said Act, the same was, with the Certificate of said Judge, forwarded to the War Department, but refused by reason of his not having served nine months, under one Enlistment. — That now considering that provision has been made for him under the Act of the 7th June 1832. He respectfully requests, that the same evidence, which he now annexes to this application, may be examined, and if found satisfactory, that his name may be inserted on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusett Agency, and Certificate issued, in such amount, as you shall consider him entitled to receive under the said Act. — That he is now seventy years of age, and upwards, residing in said Newburyport, where he has resided for nearly twenty three years; previous to which he resided at Ipswich and Rowley in said county. — That he hereby relinquishes all claim to pension, except such as you shall be pleased to award to him, under this application.
Newburyport July 16th 1832.
Daniel Foster
Common-wealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport July 16th 1832. Then Daniel Foster above named, who is personally well known to me, personally came, and on oath declared in due form of law, to the truth of the facts and allegations stated in the above written application by him subscribed in my presence.
before me H. Wood, Justice of the Peace

✓ Daniel Foster Newburyport - Mass:
Daniel Foster, Sergeant Rejected = Did not serve 9 months under our enlistment
Rejected

I Daniel Foster of Newburyport in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and declare that I served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution, as follows vizt. I first enlisted in the year 1778 in the Company commanded by Capt. Putnam - Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel Nathanial Wade - in which I served six months - afterwards in 1779 I enlisted in said Putnam Company and served a further term of six months - afterwards in Capt. Daws Company, in the Regiment under Colonel Samson - the Division under Marquis De Lafayette, in the which last mentioned Regiment I served a further term of six months - I had regular discharges and also left Warrant of appointment as Sergeant - but all my papers having been destroyed by the Great Fire in Newburyport in 1812 I am unable now to produce them - At the close of the last Campaign, in which I was in the Service I was ordered out with a party of men to cut round and intercept and am unable to say how long I was in that Service - I do acknowledge that by reason of my various circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my Country for Support.  Daniel Foster
I Samuel Spiller of Rowley, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Daniel Foster of Newburyport in said County, and do know that he served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution, he was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Putnam in the year 1777 and in the year 1780 he was in the Infantry, then under the command of the Marquis De Lafayette, and served as Sergeant, in that time.
Samuel Spiller
Essex ss. Newburyport. May 13th 1818. Then Samuel Spiller above named made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit by him subscribed before me. M c Naught Justice of the Peace.
Essex ss. Newburyport December 28th 1832. Attest William Wood the Magistrate before whom the within named Samuel Spiller was sworn to the truth of the within written Affidavit in the form of same hereto annexed, on further request that said Spiller with his done decree, was therefor - solemnly sworn to me, and fully believed to me to be a credible witness - and thus should such this so testified that such testimony was required. William Wood Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss: I Daniel D. White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Dan- iel Foster of Newburyport in said County personally appeared on the twenty- fifth day of May A.D. 1810, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed under oath before me. That the annexed affidavit of Samuel Spiller was duly taken & sworn to as therein certified by a respect- able magistrate well known to me as such. and that it appears to my satis- faction that the said Daniel Foster served in the revolutionary war, & is in reduced circumstances, as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the third day of June in the year aforesaid.
D. D. White.